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HOUSE BILL NO. 674

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H0674................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - Amends existing law to provide for an additional
district court judge for the Fourth Judicial District with resident
chambers in Ada County.

02/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/20    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
      Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell,
      Kjellander, Kunz, Linford, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
      Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
      Robison, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor,
      Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Gagner, Lake, Loertscher, Sali
    Floor Sponsor - Field(13)
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/05    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Ipsen, Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    To enrol
03/17    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18    Pres signed - to Governor
03/19    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 94
         Effective: 01/01/99

Bill Text

H0674


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 674

                     BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO DISTRICT JUDGES; AMENDING SECTION 1-805, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE
 3        THAT  THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT SHALL HAVE ONE MORE DISTRICT JUDGE WITH
 4        RESIDENT CHAMBERS IN ADA COUNTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 1-805, Idaho Code, be, and  the  same  is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        1-805.  FOURTH  DISTRICT -- NUMBER OF JUDGES -- RESIDENT CHAMBERS. (1) The
 9    fourth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Valley,  Boise,  Ada
10    and Elmore.
11        (2)  The fourth judicial district shall have  eight   nine
12    ( 8  9 ) district judges.
13        (3)  Resident  chambers of the district judges of the fourth judicial dis-
14    trict shall be established as follows:
15        (a)   Seven   Eight  ( 7  8  )
16        resident chambers shall be established in Ada County;
17        (b)  One  (1)  resident  chambers  shall  be  established in Ada or Elmore
18        County.

19        SECTION 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
20    ary 1, 1999.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





    
    
                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS07797
    
    This bill, if enacted, adds a district judge in the 
    Fourth Judicial District beginning January 1, 1999, with 
    resident chambers in Ada County. Currently there are 
    eight district judges in the Fourth Judicial District, 
    comprised of Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley counties, all 
    of whom are presently chambered in Ada County.
    
                              FISCAL NOTE
    
    Based on current data and current salary levels, the 
    estimated cost of this new judgeship to the general fund 
    for the 1999 fiscal year will be $79,500, comprised of 
    $48,300 for the salary and benefits of the district judge, 
    $23,250 for the salary and benefits of a court reporter, 
    estimated travel and training expenses of $3,250, and a 
    one-time cost for computer equipment of $4,700. The fiscal 
    impact for a full fiscal year is $159,600
    
    CONTACT: Patricia Tobias, Adm. Dir. of the Courts
              (208) 334-2246
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
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